Editorial: Breathing new life into pneumonia epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1067-1068

  Levine, Orin S ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 72049116285     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp316     Document Type: Editorial

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